Review Article

Eye Diseases and Impaired Vision as Possible Risk Factors for Recurrent Falls in the Aged: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Search strategies.

Search identification numberSearch terms

Search strategy of the first search

S1Vision/or exp eye diseases/or exp vision disorders/
S2((visual$ or vision or sight or eyesight or eye$1 or ocular) adj (impairment$ or disorder$ or disease$ or deficit$ or problem$ or disturb$ or lower$ or low or loss or reduc$ or decreas$ or weak$ or decay$ or diminish$ or fail$ or handicap$ or hindrance$ or damage$ or injur$)). tw.
S3S1 or S2
S4Accidental falls/or (falling$ or fall$1). ti.
S5S3 and S4
S6Limit 5 to (“aged (80 and over)” or aged <65 to 79 years> or “aged <80 and over>” or all aged (65 and over)”)
S7Aging/or exp Aged/or (aging or ageing or elder$ or geriatr$ or gerontol$ or aged).tw.
S8S5 and S7
S9S6 or S8
S10Remove duplicates from S9
S11(predict$ or hazard$ or risk$ or progno$ or recurrent$ or repeat$ or repetit$ or frequen$ or continu$ or iterative). mp.
S12S10 and S11
S13Limit S12 to abstracts
S14Limit S13 to English
S15Limit S14 to yr = “1980–2008”

Search strategy of the second and third searches in CINAHL

S1(MH “Vision+”) or (MH “Vision Disorders+”)
S2(Visual* or vision or sight or eyesight or eye or eyes or ocular) and (impairment* or disorder* or disease* or deficit* or problem* or disturb* or low or loss or reduc* or decreas* or weak* or decay* or diminish* or fail* or handicap* or hindrance* or damage* or injur*)
S3S1 or S2
S4(MH “Accidental Falls”) or falling* or fall or falls
S5S3 and S4
S6S3 and S4
Search options: Limiters-Age Groups: Aged: 65+ years
S7MH “Aging+” or MH “Aged+” or (aging or ageing or elder* or geriatr* or gerontol* or senior*)
S8S5 and S7
S9S6 or S8
S10S6 or S8
Search options: Limiters-Abstract Available; Publication Year from: 1980–2010 (the second search), 5/2010–5/2012 (the third search); English Language: Exclude MEDLINE records